Page Siz THE PEHEOPLE’S ADVOCATE September 23, 1938 Charge Trade Laws ceouver enrolled reluctantly after they had been told of what might befall their relatives in Germany if they declined membership. Con- tact was maintained between the Wazi organization and the WNazi ecomsuls here and in Winnipeg. Propaganda was smuggled in from German ships docking at the Port of Vancouver. Attempts were made to foment an anti-semitie cam- Spy On Coast Defenses Vancouver Nazis Spying On British Columbia Defence paign. But in the province itself the Wazi organization failed to make much headway. Latner made a tour in June of this year, but came back to report that he had peeu unsuccessful. It may have been this that earned him Wazi displeas- ure, but only Rodde is in a position to know and he is not saying any- thing for publication. When construction of BC coast defenses was commenced this spring, Nazi agents immediately — interested themselves. They placed their spies in the militia, made arrangements te obtain in- formation of construction work at the Boeing Aircraft plant here and even purchased 2 house on West 10th avenue, cverlooking Jericho airport. Little has been said about Nazi activities in Wancouver, although Wazi activitieis in eastern Canada have been widely exposed. As Can- ada’s gateway to the Orient, how- ever, Vancouver is strategically placed and of recent months the Wazis have paid considerable at- tention to their organization here. They found allies in certain Japanese in the city who were alse engaged in espionage and other subversive work and there are direct links between German and Japanese consulates: in Van- couver. Groups Consuls Build Fascist Gonsuls of all three fascist states, Germany, Japan and Italy, are in- terested in building fascist organ— izations among the people of these nationalities in BC and, -when urgent questions arise, Rodde comes out from Winnipeg. Rodde was in Vancouver at the end of july when he conferred secretly with a score of the lead- ing Nazis and confirmed the oust- ing of August Dressel frem the leadership. Dressel’s clumsy activi- ties had brought unwanted pub- licity in the daily press. At this meeting too, the Canadian-German Association was formed, with Al fred Schmidt as president. ‘Chief Will Make Important Statement’ A month later he was in Van- ecouver again, as the following translation of a notice, dated August 24, sent out by the Van- eouver Arbeitsfront (Labor Front), proves: ‘Fmportant notice to all com- rades working for the Deutsche Arbeitsfront. Gn Monday, August 29, 1938, we hereby advise that the chief, Herr Consul Rodde from Winnipeg, will be in Van- courer and he will meet you at headquarters, 3150 Main street, at 8:30 p.m. sharp. PRESENCE COMPULSORY. “In order that all comrades shall be present without fail, the roll will be checked on presenta- tion of this notice, so that those not attending may be Known. “The chief will have a very im- portant statement to make. “Comrades, are instructed and asked to keep secret all mforma-— tion to be given on this occasion. Mention this meeting only to members of the Arbeitsfront. This is a duty and an obligation.” German-Canadians Oppose Nazis The address given, 3150 Main street, headquarters of the so called CGanadian-German Associa- tion, was exposed some months ago as a meeting place for Nazis. A portrait of Hitler and swastikas decorate its walls. When the beer flows freely inebriated Nazis will Heil Hitler until they are hoarse. Tt was this that contributed to Dressel’s downfall. Indignant residents in the neigh- borhood complained to police, the headquarters was raided and Nazi jeaders fined—for jnfringement of Wazi espionage activities would seem to be more in order. The mass of German-Canadians In Vancouver and through the province do not want anything to do with the Nazis. The majority of them are decidedly anti-fascist. but blackmail has forced many of them to drop all open anti-fascist activi- ties. Against this. must be set the action of German-Canadian ehurch Jeaders in the city who formed the German-Canadian Welfare Society four months ago with the an- liquor laws. An investigation of Confident Of Loualist mounced intention of combatting Wazism. Victoru Snanish Deleaates Speak | At Empress Theatre Meet “We do not ask who will win the 1 arms and munitions by. pro-fascists Spanish people, deprived of war. We only ask when the in the ereat democracies, will be able to sweep the fascists from Spain.” A studious-looking young man, Manuel Azcarate, who has himself fought Italian and Moorish mer- cenaries on the Spanish war front, made this statement Thursday when he arrived in Vancouver from Seattle. Son of the Spanish Ambassador to Britain, Don Pablo de Azcarate, Manuel Azcarate is touring the United States and Canada in aid of the campaign to send a food ship to Loyalist Spain. The ship, with its cargo of food and medical sup- plies donated by supporters, is slated to sail from New York at the end of this month. Accompanying Azcarte is Miss Constance Kyle. director of homes for orphans in Spain. Miss Kyle and Manuel Azcarate addressed a large meetine at the Empress Theatre here Thursday night, when several returned British Columbia volunteers were among those on the platform. 4 DAYS ONLY MIDNIGHT SHOW ———— Ww First Vancouver Showing SOVIET RUSSIA’S NEWEST FILM DRAMA! = two heroic kids during the Ukrainian struggle for freedom. A THREE STAR PICTURE —N.¥Y. Daily News “4, THREE-STAR PICTURE.’—N.Y. Daily News. SEPT. 26 - 29 Added Attraction: “DANCE OF THE REPUBLICS” Wovel — Entertaining — Exciting ee A The adventures of 4 DAYS ONLY Sunday, Sept. 25th 5 P.M. c_A( =“ ROYAL FHEATRE jr 15¢ Till 5 P.M. he > Stamp Often Omitted On Burns’ Meat Mark At Other Times So Blurred As To Make Identification I[m- possible CONSUMERS URGED TO CHECK STAMP Charges that Burns’ goods are being shipped to -Powell River without labels or any means of identification, either by the company or government, were made this week by offi- cials of Ihoecal 95, Meat Cutters and Packing House Employees. Each packing company is as- signed a special identification mark by the government. The law requires that this mark must be stamped on every crate and packing ease, H. Douglas, Union secretary, told the Advocate. Im most cases this is a crown, surmounted by the letters “EST” and a number. Burns’. particular mark is “EST.23B.” “T have told all our members to look out for this mark, even if there are no labels on the crates,” be said, “and they tell me that goods often come through without any identification mark at all, or else it has been so badly blurred, as to be unrecognisable.” Companies found to be evading this regulation can be fined $500, while the stamper responsible for illegible marks may lose his job. “Tn this case, however, Burns’ have not been fined, nor has any samper that we know of lost his job,” remarked Douglas. Meat is also required by law to be stamped with the regulation mark, and in this instance Burns’ marks are stamped many times in the same spot so that it is impos- sible to read the number. ‘We always know Burns’ meat by the blurred mark,” Douglas de- elared, “it would be a good thing for consumers to wateh out for Burns’ mark or any blurred marks when buying meat.’ A. Tazzaman Back In City Still Carries Shrapnel In Body From Wound Still carrying pieces of shrapnel in his body, 56-year-old Arthur Tazzman, former member of the Electrical Workers’ Union and member of the CCF since its in- ception, sat in the Advocate of- fice this week and told of his ex- periences in Spain, where he served as a volunteer in the Mackenize- Papineau Battalion. Tazzman arrived April, 1937, after the Pyrenees at night. Two groups of French bodyguards gave them the people’s front salute as they passed, he said. Joining the Washington Bat talion, Tazzman fought first on the Jarama front and later at Brunete, where he was wounded by shrapnel at Mosquito Ridge. “JT don’t remember much of the trip to hospital,” he said. “I came to once and heard a2 stretcher- bearer say he was sure Iwas dy- ing—‘in fact, he’s dead now.—1T couldn’t move but thought what a joke it was on them.”’ Tazzman shared a stateroom on the journey over with Paddy O'Neil, who was killed on the first day of the Brunete offensive when loyalists were on the verge of cap- turing the town. From there he went to hospitals Benicasim and Onteniente, where the only English-speaking people in Spain in crossing besides himself were an Australian and an American. “J— had a difficult time making myself understood, for I couldn’t move around much and my Spanish was so limited,” he remarked. Expressing admiration for the splendid work of doctors and nurses, Lazzaman said how diffi- cult it was to understand half they said or to learn any news because of his lack of Spanish. In Barcelona, awaiting transport to Ganada, he said he saw four and five air raids in one night. Appoint Committee A special committee, composed of representatives from the House- wives League, putehers’ associa- tions and civic legal and health of- ficers, was appointed Wednesday to investigate the veal clause in the new city food by-law, and define the minimum quality for marketing. | film, was a Ukrainian Robin Hood, New Soviet Film Violated aoe Ps ; L ti | Qne of the littleremembered sides of war, the role of the women and children left behind the lines, Soviet film, “The Ballad of Cossack Golota’ Ehe picture is based on the struggle in 1920 waged to maintain a free Ukrainian republic. is humanly portrayed in the new Links Russian Legend. ‘Ballad Of Cossack Golot@ To Receive Preview Sunday Centred around the struggle of the peasants to maintain their newly-won freedom, “The Ballad of Cossack Golota,” to receive Sunday at the Royal Theatre, links the Red Army in the Ukraine with the its Vancouver preview this Russian folklore. The scene is set in a small UkK- rainian village in 1920 when inter- ventionist Poles and Ukrainian jandlords were conducting a vicious fight to regain their lost riches. Its stars are two twelve-year-old boys who become involved in the struggle when they shelter a wound- ed commissar. Tm Russian mythology the heroes were the defenders of the people against tyranny and Cossoeck Golo- ta, whose song runs through the waging warfare on the rich land- lords and aiding the poor. Artistically and without apparent : inspiring traditions of striving for effect, the link between the defenders of the people in legend and the Red Army as the defender of the people in life is caught, flung upon the screen in the scene where three Red Army horsemen emerge, gigantic in the storm, to rescue one of the boys and the wounded commissar. The story is well-knit, interwoven with moments of rich humor and charm. “The Ballad of Cossack Golota” following its Sunday preview, will show at the Royal for four days, commencing Sept. 26. Continued Chamberlain States Stand = M. LITVINOFE Continued Drive ing in eight club subscriptions and $2.25 in donations. The committee is also organizing a dance. Members of the Woodworkers’ International Union sub-committee are confident they will reach an ob- jective of $100, including scores of new subscriptions. A press conference in Vancouver- Burrard this week elected a cam- paign committee under chairman- ship of drive leader HM Asson. Pledges offered by sub-committees swere: Marpole, $15; Dunbar, $30; Mount Pleasant, $75; Kitsilano, $20; Little Mountain, $80; total $220. Announcement was made that a whist and dance would be held at 2937 Main street, Thursday, Oct. 6, at 8:30 pm. There is every possibility that this campaign will surpass all pre- vious drives. Up to Sept. 21 pledges totalling $2175 had been received at drive headquarters. The next few days are expected to bring pledges from Victoria, Cumberland, Prince Rupert, Ver- non, Kelowna, Cranbrook, Matsqui, Sointula and Haney; and the total of these pledges, added to those from Atlin and other northern points, should bring the total plede— es near to the desired $3000- a new cabinet when public indigna-— tion at surrender of the Sudeten areas forced resignation of Prime Minister Hodza and his cabinet. Crowds surged through the streets of this Czechoslovak capital as the news spread that the sgov— ernment had capitulated to Anglo- French pressure. Thousands cried, “Give us arms. We want to fight,” when General Syrovy appeared on the balcony of the president's palace to address them. BELGRADE. — Thousands of anti-fascists demonstrated against Hitler in Zagreb this week, break- ing through police lines and smash- ing the windows of a German tour- ist agency in the centre of the city. They paraded the streets for hours, shouting, “Down with Hitler and fascism.” PARIS. Prime Minister Deladi- er’s complicity in the betrayal of Czechoslovakia, leaving France iso- lated and dependent on aid from a British government which has YouthSurvey Questionnaire Will Be 4 SCHOOL BOARD the school board, Vancouver % Youth Council plans to carry 4 in the city this fall. Colcleugh, cil’s survey committee, is compre- hensive. demonstrated its readiness to sac- rifice democracy, has made him the most hated man in France. His cabinet already rift, his political position is precarious. GENEVA.—In a broadcast ad- dress here this week Maxim Lat- vinoff, the Soviet Union's foreign commissar, denounced the capitula- ¢ion of Britain and France to Nazi Germany's demands and declared that the Soviet Union stood ready to support collective action in de— fense of Czechoslovakia from Wazi agggression with arms and men. Litvinoff stated that the Soviet Union’s position had been placed before the French and Czechoslovak governments a few days before the League of Nations Assembly met. At that time, Litvinoff said, the Soviet government stated: “We intend to fulfill our engage- ments under our treaty with Czechoslovakia and, together with France, to give assistance to Czechoslovakia by Means open to Tiss Instead, Litvinoff commented, “other steps were taken which have led and could not but lead to such capitulation as is bound sooner or later to have incalculable and dis- astrous consequences.” The Soviet Union's proposals “for collective deliberation on the possible consequences of the event” after Nazi occupation of Austria had been ignored, Litvinofi said, adding that had they been properly appreciated the world might haye been saved from alarm over the fate of Czechoslovakia. | Will Be Made | In Vancouver | Sent Qut By Special - Committee Of Youth. Council ENDORSES PLAN With full endorsation from | out a “youth activity survey” - outlined by Murray — chairman of the coun- The plan, “While there are Many organ- izations in the city endeavoring to provide recreational and educa-— tional facilities, hundreds of younge people leaving school each year have no contact with young peo- ple’s organizations,” the plan states. Because of the magnitude of the project only a portion of the city is to be handled at one time.- A questionaire will be circulated asking young people to state their interests, whether they belongs to an organization and if not, whether they like to join one. Second part of the questionaire deals with education. Questions will be asked as to what education each individual has received, what post high school courses have been §& taken and whether night classes | in various subjects would be ap- | preciated. When this informaton has been compiled, it is proposed to give each organization interested in youth an opportunity to present its program to the youth contacted through the survey, in an attempt to interest them in organizations already existing. Tf necessary new organizations and community centres will be es- tablished to cater to each district. A co-ordinating committee will then be set up, composed of dele- gates from each organization, which will supervise cultural or: physical activities and drives for new playgrounds or community centres. Information .compiled from the second part of the questionaire will be used to ascertain what courses are necessary and whether these should be on a government basis. Superintendent H. N. McCordin- dale has promised every assistance to the youth council in carrying out this plan. Carpenters Win Rate Minimum of 75 Cents Set After Campaign Following an intensive campaign by the Buildings Trades Council & Ioocal 452, Carpenters Union, <4 minimum wage rate of 76 cents an hour for journeymen carpenters has been set by the British Colum=- bia Board of Industrial Relations to ‘become effective in Greater Vancouver and New Westminster, Wovember 7. Although the trade union rate of pay, 90 cents an hour was origin-= ally asked to be set as the mini- mum rate, union officials feel that the rate now set is a step in the right direction. Surveys taken by Local 452 ove! a period of a year revealed thal men had been paid as low as 3: cents an hour or $2 a day for piect work on construction work. When this survey was presentet to the department of labor th union was informed that if cat penters and contractors would con fer to decide a minimum rate, th government would agree to set ting a minimum wage. The present rate applies to 2 work on house construction an small jobs, but does not includ maintenance men, nor carpente! outside the area specified. “Tf they wish to come in with @ on this rate,’ declared one of th union officials, ‘we will be glad t have them, but at present we 21 unable to control prices paid ou side this area. Beef Regulations Again Postpone In order to give Ottawa oppc tunity to agree to the grades whi have been recommended by ft provincial department of aericl ture, Hon. K CGC. MacDonald, mH ister of agriculture, yesterday 4 nounced that provincial beef reg Jations will not come into ef until November 19. The original order-in-coun stipulated September 19 as the cc menecing date for enforcement the regulations.